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Senate approves establishment of Nigerian French Language Village

The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to establish the Nigerian French Language Village, Badagry, Lagos State, as an Inter-University Centre for French Studies. The passage of the bill followed

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Senate approves N74.773bn budget for Police Trust Fund

The Senate on Tuesday approved the sum of N74,773,601,916 billion as 2022 budget for the Nigeria Police Trust Fund. The approval followed the consideration of a report by the Joint

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More crisis rocks PDP as 3 more Senators defect to APC

Three Senators belonging to the Peoples’ Democratic Party, on Wednesday, resigned their membership of the party and defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).  The lawmakers in three separate letters

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2021: Senate passes N329.963bn budget for Federal Capital Territory

The Senate has passed the sum of N329,963,491,523 billion as Statutory budget for the Federal Capital Territory for the year 2021.  The passage followed the consideration of the report of

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2023: N’Assembly will support INEC to delineate electoral constituencies

 President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has assured Nigerians that the National Assembly will work with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in its bid to properly delineate electoral constituencies

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Senate to engage Finance Minister on 2017-2020 Economic Recovery Plan

The Senate has mandated six of its Committees to engage the Minister of Finance, Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed, on the Federal Government’s elapsed Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) between 2017

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Senate receives Buhari’s request for N895.84bn supplementary budget

The Senate on Tuesday received a supplementary appropriation bill from President Muhammadu Buhari to approve the sum of N895.842,465,917 billion as supplementary budget for the 2021 fiscal year.  The bill

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NASS staff faces tough times while lawmakers lavish in luxurious lifestyle

For years, the earnings of members of the National Assembly has been an issue of controversy, with reports of them being one of the highest in the world. In this

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N’Assembly to arrest officials that fail to account for public funds – Lawan

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the National Assembly won’t hesitate to issue a warrant of arrest on any government official that refuses to appear before its

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Nigeria, Twitter problem will soon be resolved- Senate President

The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has assured that the problem between Nigeria and Twitter would soon be resolved urging Nigerians not to despair and be despondent, but be hopeful and

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